by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
When Donald Trump finds himself trapped in a political minefield, as he currently seems to be with the Jeffrey Epstein matter, one of his standard means of escape is to begin lobbing distractions to draw the public's attention elsewhere.
Several days ago he reached into his bag of ready distractions and pulled out "Rosie O'Donnell," an old nemesis of his, and threatened to revoke her citizenship. (The comedian - Rosie, not Trump - was born in the United States to American parents, but Trump seems to think he has some sort of Divine authority which supersedes the Constitution, and he can do whatever outrageous thing that happens to flit across his aging and easily distractible mind.
But, whatever. All that the desperate shot at O'Donnell accomplished was to earn him an hilarious burn over social media from The Rose herself who bragged about living "rent free" in Trump's "collapsing brain."
A few days on and there are even more stories circulating about Trump's relationship to Epstein, the pedophile pimp, and Trump was looking more and more like he was a key player in the "deep state" that MAGA conspiracy theorists believe is actively keeping the Epstein files away from the public view. So Trump again reaches into his bag of ready distractions and this time pulls out a racist gem, one tied to the effort several years ago to strip certain US military bases of their Confederate names, and certain sports teams of their racist names - and replace all of them with names more neutral and politically correct.
Trump chose the NFL Washington Commanders as his target de jour. He said today that he wants them to change their name back to the Washington "Redskins." The team changed its name to "Commanders" in 2020. If the Commanders fail to go along with the presidential dictate, Trump has indicated that he will block federal funding for their proposed new stadium.
(The team moved out of Washington, DC, in 1997 and relocated to Landover, Maryland. Now the nation's capital is trying to lure them back into DC with a new stadium, but the city council has been balking at the expense. Trump had said the federal government would help build the stadium, but he is now using that possible funding as a political wedge.)
The important thing for the people of the United States to remember and focus on is this. Trump's latest brouhaha has nothing at all to do with football, commanders, redskins, or even public money. It's all about focusing on something other than Epstein, Epstein, EPSTEIN!
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